other materials. The mosaic art was created for doors‚ footpaths‚ tables‚ walls‚ floors and ceilings. The people of Byzantium used mosaic art so they can decorate buildings‚ and churches. One famous church‚ the Hagia Sophia was built by Emperor Justinian. It was decorated with colorful art all over. Byzantines specialized in covering walls and ceilings. The smalti (colored glass) allowed light to reflect and refract within the glass. Also they were set at slight angles to the wall‚ so that they caught
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main subtraditions such as Roman Civil Law‚ Canon Law and Commercial Law. The development of Roman Law cover more than a thousand year period‚ starting from the publication of the law of the XII Tables in Rome (450 B.C.) and the code of Emperor Justinian I Corpus Juris Civilic ‚ which was created in period from 529 – 534 A.D and later developed by medieval legal scholars. Countries with Civil legal system: France‚ Germany‚ Japan‚ Russia and Uzbekistan. The Common law evolved in England since 11th
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western Balkans‚ Greece‚ and Italy. The Saxons conquered areas of southern England. Western Europe was heavily based upon the feudal system during this period in time. The feudal system was at its height after the death of the Carolingian Emperor‚ Charlemagne‚ when his successors split up the empire between themselves. Manorialism was also present during this period in time. The lord of a manor had control over the laborers that worked his land in exchange for access to the property. This system overall
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In The Song of Roland‚ Roland is forced to choose between upholding his duty as a knight or call for reinforcements and cowardly flee from the battlefield. Oliver‚ time after time pleads to Roland begging him to blow his horn and alert Charlemagne to return. If backup came the French would have a fair fighting chance‚ yet Roland refuses to call for backup. After reading the passage‚ Roland may seem prideful and irrational‚ however‚ there is a proper reasoning behind his actions. To truly understand
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What is the definition of a founding father? A founding father is someone who lays the foundation of something or somewhere. When speaking of founding fathers of modern Germany‚ who comes to mind? Some people would answer with Charlemagne or even Adolf Hitler. Well‚ the person who should really come to mind as the true fore father of modern-day Germany is a man known by Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck almost single-handedly unified Germany and brought it to one of its most prosperous points in history
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emperor of rome. Byzantine Empire They had a bureaucracy and aristocracy. They needed a system to stabilize the empire and to have order or else it would be chaos. The aristocrats (the nobles) were recruited from all social classes Justinian made a new code of laws Global connection : Trade- it also occurred with other parts of Africa‚ particularly in the northeast Asia- particualrly chinese silks
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Tarek Sahyoun AP World History Unit 3 Vocabulary * Bedouins are pretty much the stereotypical Arabs because of their culture based on herding camels and goats * I would have liked to be a Shaykh if I lived in a Bedouin society because they usually possessed large herds. * It is a Muslim practice to pray toward the city of Mecca. * I was surprised to hear that Muhammad’s flight to Medina began the Muslim calendar. * The Umayyad clan dominated Mecca‚ and later became a Muslim
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Athens “Golden Age of Athens” Achievements of: -Golden Age of Athens took place in 5th century BC (480-430 BCE) -Golden Age took place after Peloponnesian wars (Athens verse Sparta) and before the Persian wars -Achievements: Greeks excelled in philosophy history (Herodotus and Thucydides) Drama (Sophocles and Aeschylus) Sculpture (Balance between realism and idealism) Arts Architecture (Parthenon 447-432 BCE) Aristotle on government‚ ethics and epistemology: -Aristotle was a pupil of Plato
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And so the cliché goes: don’t judge a book by it’s cover. While this highly popular saying is meant to encourage readers not to prejudge the worth or value of a book’s contents simply on its external appearance‚ the true functionality of a book’s cover is to frame or enclose the interior text‚ to act as an enticing ornament for the scripture found within. This is largely true in the examination of the historically significant Lindau Gospel covers of Medieval art‚ a religious volume that contains
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Gauss-Jordan Elimination A method of solving a linear system of equations. This is done by transforming the system’s augmented matrix into reduced row-echelon form by means of row operations. Gaussian Elimination A method of solving a linear system of equations. This is done by transforming the system’s augmented matrix into row-echelon form by means of row operations. Then the system is solved by back-substitution. Palestine: History Introduction Palestine stands alone among the Roman
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